Around Town

Around Town

January 12, 1992

CONTEMPORARY ART. The Chrysler Museum's fifth Parameters contemporary art exhibition will feature the mystical work of the late James Harrison today through March 8. The exhibit spans a 50-year period in the artist's life. The Chrysler is located at Olney Road and Mowbray Arch in downtown Norfolk. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. A $3 donation is suggested for admission to the Museum. Call 622-ARTS.

WILDLIFE ARTS FESTIVAL. The Virginia Living Museum's 11th Annual Wildlife Arts Festival will take place Jan 18-19 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, Hampton. The festival features original works of art by 50 artists.

Festival highlights include an on-going silent auction, live animal shows and a raffle for a hand-carved Purple Finch by Alex Watson and a scratch board etching of a Ruby-throated hummingbird by Diane Jackson. Proceeds benefit the museum's programs and exhibits. Hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 18 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 19. Admission is $3. Call 595-1900.

NEW EXHIBITS. Three exhibitions, "Bernard Chaet: Five Decades of Drawing," "Spotlight on Conservation" and the Fourth Annual Faculty Show are scheduled to run at the College of William and Mary's Muscarelle Museum of Art Friday through Feb. 23.

The Chaet exhibit spans the career of this noted artist and renowned teacher at the Yale University School of Art.

"Spotlight on Conservation" documents the changes brought about by the conservation of a 19th-century harbor scene in the museum's collection. The Fourth Annual Faculty Show spans the talents of the college's faculty.

The museum is located on Jamestown Road. Hours are 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free. Call 221-2700.